RIHC: American Presidents from FDR to Trump: Cuba, Watergate, and the Atomic Bomb (Part 1)
Who has been the best American president in recent history? How did Franklin D. Roosevelt go up against Hitler and the Nazis, while battling debilitating Polio? Why was Lincoln such a melancholy man? What made Harry S. Truman the most unexpected of US presidents? What was his involvement in the development of the first atomic bomb in Los Alamos? Did he ever feel any guilt about the nuclear devastation the project would set in motion? Was Eisenhower a good soldier but a bad president? Was John F. Kennedy overrated, or was he a genuinely impressive individual? Did he mishandle the Bay of Pigs fiasco? Did Johnson fail to withdraw America from Vietnam when he should have done so? Why is Nixon Dominic’s favourite president? And, from an inside source, who really killed Kennedy…? In this week’s bonus episode, Dominic is joined by The Rest Is Politics US co-host and Donald Trump’s former Director of Communications, Anthony Scaramucci, to discuss some of the best and worst American presidents in history. _______ Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Producer: Theo Young-Smith Assistant Producer: Tabby Syrett + Aaliyah Akude Executive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor
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